Period-Era Fiction with a Self-Interested, Savvy Heroine: Pure Wish Fulfillment 年代文，女主精致利己主义者，爽文

1. 251 穿 After Becoming a Fake Heiress in a Period Novel, I Turn Everyone’s World Upside Down 穿成年代文假千金后，癫翻所有人 Yizhen以真Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Lingyi, a professional villainess who was hated by the entire internet, transmigrated into a period novel about the real heiress being reborn to seek revenge. As the fake heiress and the heroine's number-one target for revenge, she had made a mess of everything and become universally despised. With no one to rely on, even her one redeeming quality, her beauty, had become a liability. In the end, she met a tragic death. Su Lingyi: ...I just really want to go crazy and turn this world upside do 1.8kReads7.5Score20214d adds

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   🌹First book: Li Na's mother didn't care about money when choosing a man, only caring about love, so she was poor, very poor. After death, she embarked on a time-traveling journey. The female lead is extremely selfish, living only for herself, and will stop at nothing to live a good life.🌹Second book: Tao Tao had too many romantic entanglements, so the Heavenly Dao sent her to the Mirror of Reincarnation for refuge. The female lead is sophisticated and self-interested, only thinking of herself, attracting a bunch of men vying for her attention in every world.🌹🌹Recommended by Rui Xiaoxue, good reads to share with you🌹🌹

2. 252 春 The Spring Breeze Blows, and Warmth Blooms 春风起，暖意生 A Few Silver Coins浅浅碎银几两Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted Shen Nuan worked herself to the bone her whole life, then died suddenly at home! Reborn in the unknown Southern Dynasty, she wanted to lie flat this time. But every day, her family ate watery wild-vegetable and millet porridge. Her mother even sold the only silver hairpin from her dowry to pay for Shen Nuan's treatment. Then her second uncle, who had passed the imperial exams, arranged for her to be married to a dead man. How was she supposed to live like this? For the sake of the parents who lo 4Reads6.3Score—14d adds
3. 253 重 Reborn in 1990: I Strike It Rich with My Pocket Dimension 重生九零，带着空间逆袭暴富 Xu Yiwan许意晚Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Xia Chutang is reborn in the 1990s. She awakens a pocket dimension and gains extraordinary stamina and hearing. She studies hard, turns from a hopeless student into a top scholar, and gets into the best university in the capital. She persuades her mother to leave her lazy, abusive father and start over. She uses her grandmother’s secret recipe to start a factory and go into business. Her aunt’s family, who ruined her family in her previous life, gets what they deserve. Want her help? Sorry, she’ 1kReads8.6Score14514d adds

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   Good reads about getting rich and turning your life around

4. 254 化 I Become an Immortal Opportunity and Save the Chosen Protagonists of Ten Thousand Worlds 化作仙缘救场万界天选主角 Chinese Dragon Society中华龙社Eastern Fantasy172k WordsCompleted Protagonist: Qin Yan "Lovably Rascally Good Guy + Satisfying Read + Lighthearted + Not an Invincible Power Fantasy" Qin Yan accidentally finds himself in a city of ultra-high-dimensional Systems, where countless System cores float in the air. Thinking his miserable life is finally over, he plans to forcibly bind himself to a tycoon System, return to the real world, become a billionaire, and live a life of wine, women, and song… But the System Lord tells him that he must complete every System mis —Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 255 网 Online Game: Every Hit of My Attacks Cuts Away 10% of the Target's HP 网游：我的攻击刀刀斩血百分之十 Hot Pot Lover Who Likes It Extra Spicy火锅爱吃特辣Sports999k WordsCompleted [Online Game + Frontline Tank + Invincible + Ruthless + Comedy + Game Merges with Reality Midway + Stat-Focused] Fresh out of college, Lu Feng was hit with a double blow: he was fired from his internship and his girlfriend cheated on him. Desperate to survive in this cruel world, Lu Feng unexpectedly started playing a cutting-edge virtual reality game called Paradise. He had only hoped to earn a little money in the game, but he never expected Paradise to change the entire world. From the start, 7kReads7.5Score52814d adds
6. 256 八 ’80s Spatial Realm: The Abandoned Wife’s Rise to Riches and Fame 八零空间，弃妇逆袭成万人迷富婆 Xu Yiwan许意晚Modern Romance224k WordsOngoing [Period setting + Space + Family life + Multiple male love interests + Comeback + Spirit Spring cuisine] In her previous life, Tang Zhenzhen was tricked into marriage and cut off contact with her mother and brother. She worked hard all her life to send her adopted son to a prestigious university. Just when she thought all that effort had finally paid off, her son stole the money she needed to save her life and revealed the truth: the so-called adopted son was actually her husband's child with an 7Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 257 太 This Is Awesome! I Transmigrated 太爽了！穿越 Country Swallow乡下燕子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The heroine, Wu Yanrong, is a concubine-born daughter of the ancient Mingyue Manor. Although her family is a martial arts clan, her fate was decided from the moment she was born because her mother was of humble origins. She learned a few basic martial arts to keep fit, but was mainly expected to learn needlework and embroidery, as well as reading and bookkeeping. The idea was to make concubine-born daughters like her more valuable when it came time to marry them off for political alliances. Unf 2.1kReads9.0Score22114d adds
8. 258 满 A House Full of Maids Begging to Be Kept? But I'm Addicted to the Supernatural 满屋女仆求包养？我却对诡异成瘾 Zen and Assertion禅与断言Urban141k WordsCompleted [The eerie deserve to die + Long live the Empress + a powerful sect + immune to moral blackmail + the beauty of violence] Ye Lin died. He died in an eerie realm after his teammates betrayed him, swallowed by despair as the rules erased him. But the very next second, he sat up in a pool of blood! After coming back to life, he activated a System that multiplied his rewards a hundredfold! While everyone else risked their lives to clear dungeons, he had already joined a mysterious organization, bea —Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 259 七 An Ordinary Downcountry Life in the Seventies 七零平凡的下乡生活 Country Swallow乡下燕子Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted Period novels these days all seem to follow similar plot formulas, but this story feels more grounded and relies less on familiar tropes. Lu Qiuping transmigrates in her sleep into the body of a young sent-down intellectual who dies as soon as she arrives in the countryside. The original owner was the third child in a family of two working parents in the city. Middle children are often overlooked, neither loved by their fathers nor cherished by their mothers. She had it even worse, growing up wi 602Reads8.6Score—14d adds
10. 260 闺 Best Friends Transmigrated Together, Married into the Same Family, and Joined Forces to Reform Their Mother-in-Law 闺蜜齐穿，嫁一家，一起改造婆婆 Wholeheartedly for the Screen一心为影Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted After getting drunk at a KTV, three best friends, Liu Wanyun, Guan Xiaoyu, and Zhang Xinyue, accidentally fell into the water on their way home and transmigrated to an unknown ancient era. Wanting to stick together and live as a group, they schemed to marry the three wealthy Shen brothers, becoming sisters-in-law. While sisters-in-law in other families fought until the household was in chaos, these three were as thick as thieves. They challenged their mother-in-law’s authority every day while te 39.1kReads8.8Score4.1k14d adds

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    (◍>◡<◍) Their eyes met, and sparks flew! Liu Wanyun: "You're the wind!" Guan Xiaoyu: "I'm the sand!" Joyful smiles immediately appeared on their faces. The next second, they pounced on each other, then started punching and hitting one another. "You dead man, why did you only show up now!" "You bastard, where did you run off to!" The maids behind them, thinking the two were about to fight, were about to step in to stop them when the two embraced again, like long-lost relatives. Sixi was stunned; was this person a friend of her young mistress? The other young ladies and maids nearby were also bewildered. What kind of behavior was this! Where was the lady's composure and elegance? Where was her grace and poise? And that wasn't all! Just as the two were about to burst into tears of joy, a woman suddenly darted out from the side, rushing forward and punching each of them in the shoulder. The two turned around and their eyes lit up. Then, the three of them shouted in unison, "You go earn money, I'll spend it!" Instantly, the two-person skit turned into a three-person skit! The three of them hugged each other and burst into tears! The young ladies nearby felt bewildered, incredulous, and disgusted by the sight, so they all walked away! It seems these are the close friends their young mistresses have found!

11. 261 致 The Deadly Beauty Trap: A Top-Tier Green Tea Takes Down the Powerful 致命美人计：顶级绿茶杀穿权贵圈 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Selfish, calculating femme fatale with a sweet exterior + a face and figure that are second to none + seduction + schemes + multiple men] Shen Mingyue grew up in a remote mountain village. As a child, she watched her parents and relatives get beaten to a pulp, only to find that there was no one she could turn to for help. This glimpse of society's dark side taught her early on just how cold the rules of the world could be. Whoever holds power gets to decide what is right! To make sure no one co 102.7kReads8.9Score6.3k14d adds

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    Shen Mingyue understood from a young age that only those with strong fists have the right to speak. From the mountain valley to the elite circles, she never relied on luck—innocence was her sugar-coated flesh, and scheming was her blade. Navigating among the rich second-generation, officials, and tycoons, her smile was pure, yet her fingertips precisely targeted each person's weakness: "Brother is the best to me, you're the only one in my heart~" Even when the powerful figures clashed, their eyes bloodshot as they interrogated her, her gaze still shimmering, her fingertip lightly touching the heart of the person in front, her tone sickeningly sweet: "Of course I love you the most, my darling, otherwise why would I give you my whole heart~" A knife hidden in sugar, a smile concealing calculation—she had already won this game of climbing to the top.

12. 262 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 57.7kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds

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    The first book is by a self-serving writer from that era 🥳🥳🥳🌟🌟 (Brain Storage Cabinet (˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)) (Before reading, let's store our brains properly. The author is watching over them, so it's all good~) "Miss Ruan, remember to take your medicine, it's on the cabinet. I'll be going out now."

13. 263 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 37kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds

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    I'd be embarrassed to recommend anything below a 9 out of 10; the female lead doesn't suffer any injustice, and it's really satisfying to watch.

14. 264 快 Quick Transmigration: The Female Supporting Character Through the Decades 快穿年代女配 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Strong Female Lead + Stockpiling Supplies + Rural Relocation] An educated youth goes to the countryside, transmigrates to a period setting, and makes a good life for herself. No moralizing or coercion, just living however she pleases. 12.7kReads8.4Score82114d adds

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    It used to be a 9.9. [Facepalm] I can't watch it while sleeping, I'm afraid you'll end up like me, holding it in until you're internally injured. I've already watched it about five or six times. The jokes never get old, no matter how many times I rewatch them. I love it so much.

15. 265 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 125kReads9.4Score10.2k14d adds

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    Selfish and satisfying novels

16. 266 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
17. 267 穷 So Poor I Could Cry! The Little Sixties Zombie Beauty Doesn’t Want to Eat Plain Food 穷哭！六零丧尸小美人不想吃素 Warm and Cuddly Little Treat暖萌小点心Modern Romance741k WordsCompleted [Period + military romance + everyone's darling + stirring up trouble + transmigrate into a book + zombie transmigration] One shot to the head, and a little zombie from the apocalypse blinks and finds herself in the 1960s, where people barely have enough to eat or wear. All her limbs and features are intact. She's not some shoddy construction that falls apart at the slightest bump or comes unglued while walking. Hmm... As a little zombie who still has a human mind, Yan Mu is quite pleased with h 679Reads9.0Score10014d adds

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    A story that perfectly fits the requirements 🌺🌺 The female lead is a standard, sophisticated egoist. She's a zombie, always thinking only of herself and not caring about anyone else. She beats up her grandmother and father right from the start, and she doesn't even respect the male lead.

18. 268 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.4kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
19. 269 小 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后，随军了 Nine Meows Have Something to Say九喵有言Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 13.9kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
20. 270 震 Shocking! I Transmigrated to the 1970s, and My Whole Family Are Big Shots 震惊！穿越七零我全家都是大佬 Xia Hezao夏禾早Modern Romance618k WordsCompleted [Period setting + ensemble cast + the whole family transmigrates + spatial powers + face-slapping the villains + cooking, tailoring, making money, and medicine] Sheng Xia was the leader of the zombies and the only one in the apocalypse with light-based powers. Just as she healed herself back into a human and was enjoying her freedom... She transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl in the 1970s, one who was disfigured and had a scalp full of sores. She beats down the vile and tears into the s 5.2kReads8.9Score66914d adds
21. 271 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book in the Sixties: The Selfish Female Side Character Won’t Go to the Countryside 穿书六零：自私女配不下乡 Qiqi Li七七鲤Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted I was sleeping peacefully at home when, to my surprise, I transmigrated. Before I could figure out what was going on, someone came looking for trouble. When has Jiang Yue ever been afraid of anyone? I rolled up my sleeves and got right to it. What! You’re saying I have to go work in the countryside too? No, no, no. Jiang Yue says she absolutely can’t do that. Not even with a System. I’d much rather stay in the city and find a job. I swiftly switched jobs and put some distance between myself and 883Reads5.1Score—14d adds
22. 272 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: On My Wedding Night, I'm Sent Next Door to Stay 穿书七零：新婚夜被送到隔壁借宿 Pan-Fried Bun生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + beloved by all + devoted couple + no golden finger] On the day of her wedding, Lin Jianchun is suspected of bringing bad luck to her mother-in-law, so her new husband sends her to spend the night at the Lu family’s house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed comes home in the middle of the night… That’s when she transmigrates into the story. Remembering that she was punished with transmigration just for cursing out the author, 22.3kReads8.9Score5.9k14d adds

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    On her wedding day, Lin Jianchun was suspected of bringing misfortune to her mother-in-law and was sent by her new husband to stay at the Lu family's house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed returned in the middle of the night… That's when she transmigrated. Remembering how she was punished by being transmigrated into a book for criticizing the author, she decisively set her sights on the male lead's rock-hard abs. She didn't want to be the male lead's prematurely deceased wife; she was determined to separate the male and female leads and live a long and healthy life! Lu Xuanzhou kept his distance from the woman who had fallen from the next door. Gradually, he realized that while she repeatedly teased his abs, she had no feelings for him whatsoever. No problem, there was still plenty of time. But slowly, he discovered that the woman seemed like an inexhaustible treasure, always able to amaze him. But that woman had no heart; only at night would her gaze linger on him.

23. 273 八 The 1980s: He Accidentally Marries a Lovely Country Girl, and the Factory Director Panics 八零:误娶乡下小娇妻，厂长慌了 Little Thirteen the Salted Fish咸鱼小十三Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted An older man is set up by his adopted son and ends up marrying a young woman from the countryside? Shen Ting knew he was getting on in years. He was already in his thirties. Still, at least he was the head of a major factory, with a house and plenty of money. Now that he’d brought home a sweet young wife, what could he do? He was an older man, so he’d just have to spoil her a little more. 12.4kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds

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    Selfish and self-serving female protagonists in period novels

24. 274 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Awakens and Sells the Family Fortune to Join the Army 资本家小姐觉醒，掏空家产去随军 Chen Mozheng陈墨铮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration into a book + bargain-hunting System + punishing scumbags + powerful team-up + sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside heiress vs. muscular, stone-faced team leader] Lu Rao was a socialite in Shanghai who had influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world. After an unexpected awakening, she discovered she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. Her second uncle had schemed against her whole family. Her father was missing, her mother 39.9kReads8.9Score5.3k14d adds
25. 275 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s, the Fussy Rich Beauty Gets Rich Again 穿到八十年代作精白富美又暴富了 A Lump of Lucky Cat一坨幸运喵Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted Xu Leshu was a wealthy beauty with enough money to own several apartment buildings. She only had to sleep once; when she woke up, she had arrived in the old-fashioned 1980s, in the body of another Xu Leshu, a second daughter from a penniless family who seemed to be the least loved child. But although the family was dirt poor, the country was opening up and there were plenty of opportunities. From what she could tell, her grandmother was a domineering, stingy old gossip, but she treated Xu Leshu 11.8kReads8.5Score97614d adds
26. 276 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Turns Dark, Tears Down the Green Tea, and Dumps Her Jerk Husband 八零：真千金黑化，撕绿茶踹渣夫 Tang Dachui汤大锤Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + love after marriage] The moment Ji Xiaoyue opened her eyes, she became the real daughter: timid and impossibly self-sacrificing. Her life as the real daughter was a miserable one: a biased father, a cheating scumbag, a shameless little green tea, and a lonely death with no one to claim her body. Ji Xiaoyue immediately made sure the scumbag and the little green tea were stuck with each other! Catch them in the act! I’ll get the 11.2kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds

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    It's great! A military marriage story; the female lead is independent and clear-headed, the male lead dotes on his wife, and the plot is both exciting and unpredictable...

27. 277 睁 I Opened My Eyes in 1970 and Refused to Let Postpartum Depression Win 睁眼70，我拒绝产后抑郁 Big Black Melon大黑瓜瓜Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted (Not a power fantasy) + (Devoted to each other) + (Doting husband) + (Everyday life) + (No golden finger) + (Complete) Thirty years ago, Liu Yue lost a daughter. After spending most of her life searching, she finally found her daughter just before she died! Seeing her daughter, now in her early forties, still having one baby after another, Liu Yue couldn’t have regretted it more! In a moment of desperation, she returned to the time when her daughter was just a month old! Looking at the man besid 2.5kReads8.6Score16414d adds

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    [Top Post][Top Post] I highly recommend these period dramas, they're super good!!! ① The female lead is a time traveler with hundreds of millions of resources in her spatial dimension. Unable to endure the hardships of farming, she marries the male lead to escape to the countryside. Both the male and female leads are very self-centered [frustrated][frustrated] ② This book is really super good. The female lead considered suicide when she first arrived in this world, but later faced reality and used every means to establish herself, working hard and striving to rise from a factory worker to the head of a department. You can really learn a lot from it [heart][heart]

28. 278 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.6M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 82kReads9.3Score5.1k14d adds
29. 279 快 Quick Transmigration: The Carefree Life of a Villainess 快穿年代：恶毒女配的逍遥人生 Moonshadow Letian月影乐天Modern Romance726k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration] [Period] [feel-good novel] [pocket dimension] [overpowered protagonist] [Parallel worlds] [No fixed CP] Name: Yan Shu Department: Period Villainess Team Weapon: A black brick Points: 500 Merit points: 30,000 They stand in the way of the female lead's happiness. They're either bullying her or plotting against her... The world calls them vicious supporting female characters. Born beautiful beyond compare, they are the envy of everyone and the darlings of heaven. But the mome 5.4kReads9.0Score30714d adds

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    In the book, Xu Jing'an spends her whole life putting others first and thinking of others, yet in the end, no one praises her. Now that she's in this life, she should focus on taking care of herself first and fulfilling her own potential!

30. 280 年 Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 11.4kReads7.8Score79514d adds
31. 281 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
32. 282 恶 The Wicked, Brash Drama Queen Is Doted on by the Wildest Roughneck 恶毒拽作精被最野糙汉狠狠娇宠 Shui Shui Shui Xiang水水水香Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Completed] [1970s + Flirting + Sweet Romance + Rugged Man + Devoted Love + Both Chaste] [Arrogant, spoiled, wicked yet adorable rich girl ✖ Ruthless, cautious, insecure, sensitive landowner’s wolf cub] She was once a wandering ghost in the mortal world, chosen by the Heavenly Dao to set chaotic fate back on track. She transmigrates into Chen Jiaojiao, a busty, beautiful but empty-headed supporting character, sent to the countryside as an educated youth in the 1970s. After dealing with the scumb 1kReads8.9Score10814d adds

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    Historical fiction, the female lead is sophisticated and self-centered, the kind who doesn't care about others' well-being, she just has to live well!!! 🌸 [Spoiled, vicious, wicked yet adorable young lady X Ruthless, cautious, insecure, and sensitive landlord cub] The female lead is captured by a system to correct the world's fate! I didn't have high expectations for this novel 😚 But after clicking in, I was surprised to find it quite good 👍 I like this female lead 😻 Although she's spoiled, she's very wicked, not a saint, and truly rivals the selfish and vicious female supporting characters. Plus, she has a pretty high status, so she's practically untouchable! 🌸 [Cold and selfish female academic genius X clingy, rough-around-the-edges retired military officer] No rebirth or time travel, is the female lead selfish? I don't think so, she just prioritizes her own interests and won't give up her ideals for anyone else. This female lead is great!!!

33. 283 六 1960: Clearing Out My Family's Home and Taking a Spirit Spring to Hong Kong 六零，搬空全家带着灵泉闯香江 Jing Su Rugu景素如故Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + rebirth + pocket dimension + special abilities + transmigrate into a book + the 1960s) This book has quite a few supporting characters who transmigrate or are reborn. If you don't like that, don't read it. This is not a strong female lead story! Please read the content warnings! Lin Susu, from the 22nd century, had lived to a ripe old age and passed away, but somehow got the chance to open her eyes again. Oh, no. Her whole life had gone smoothly, and she'd been able to lie flat 9kReads8.5Score79514d adds

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    🍀🍀🍀This book is seriously amazing! I personally think the rating is too low; it should be at least nine points. The female lead isn't a saint, nor is she overly greedy. Reborn in the 1960s, facing the impending Three Years of Natural Disasters, she empties the original female lead's family's secret vault of treasure, and then bravely ventures into Hong Kong. It's truly fantastic! [Admiration][Admiration] Highly recommended!!!

34. 284 七 A Worry-Free Life in the Seventies 七零生活乐无忧 Miliao米粒奥Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted Taoyao was an overworked wage slave in the 21st century. After unexpectedly getting her hands on a ring, her life changed dramatically. She transmigrated to 1972 and became Li Taoyao, an orphaned daughter of a revolutionary martyr. After being betrayed by a friend, she had no choice but to head to the countryside. On the way, she met two men and two women, and only then discovered that she had transmigrated into a book! Look forward to seeing how Li Taoyao survives in the 1970s! (I'm no good at 883Reads5.7Score—14d adds

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    [Kiss][Kiss][Kiss] The female lead inexplicably gains a spatial dimension! After stockpiling supplies, she travels back to the 1970s! Becoming the orphan of a martyr! The female lead has a fiery personality! Betrayed by her friends, she's forced to go to the countryside in Northeast China! She never holds grudges! She's not a saint! The male lead is also a sent-down youth! Cold, aloof, and obsessively devoted to her!

35. 285 恶 The Wicked Woman of the 1970s and Her Unhinged Antics 恶女七零，发疯文学 Honey Bun Dipped in Mustard蜂蜜小面包蘸芥末吃哦Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted In 1970, in Daba Village, the second daughter of the Feng family went to the hills behind the village to gather pig fodder, but tumbled down the mountainside and injured her brain. Then again, she had always been a simpleton, so no one cared whether the fall had made her any worse. The second child has always been the one most likely to be overlooked in a family, and the Fengs were no exception. The eldest, Feng Chun, was the family’s first daughter, ambitious and fiercely competitive. The third 6.5kReads9.2Score65514d adds

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    I usually can't get past half of historical fiction, but I finished these three. The first one was really good, no romance, and I highly recommend it.

36. 286 霸 The Overbearing CEO Goes on a Rampage in a Period Novel 霸总她在年代文里杀疯了 K0SummerModern Romance605k WordsCompleted Gu Anran never dreamed that, after years of dominating the business world, a glass of wine at a celebration banquet would send her to 1975, an era of scarcity where people had no control over their own fate. She went from being a domineering CEO worth tens of billions to an eighteen-year-old orphan about to be sent to the countryside. Penniless? Not a chance. She had an upgradable interdimensional trading space and the business plans of the next several decades. For everyone else, going to the c 2Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 287 首 Commander! Your Wife Is Here with Ten Sons to Tear the House Apart 首长！你媳妇带着十个儿子来拆家 It's Chunxia是春夏阿Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Flash Marriage in the 1970s + Gorgeous, Highly Fertile Beauty vs. Cold, Childless Military Officer + Joining Him at an Island Garrison + Childbearing System] After discovering her adopted son’s wicked ambitions, Lin Wanwan, who was terminally ill with stomach cancer, dealt with the menace swiftly and decisively. Just as she was nearing death, a System found her. As a businesswoman who hated to lose out, she argued fiercely with it before agreeing to bind herself to it. When she opened her eyes 14.2kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
38. 288 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 18.2kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds

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    This one is pretty good.

39. 289 怎 What Do I Do? I Can't Get Away, and My Wife Is a Sickly Yandere 怎么办，逃不掉，媳妇是个小病娇 Girl, Look This Way菇凉看这边Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted [Yandere romance, period setting, devoted to one another, military marriage] A future research genius who lost faith in humanity and set out to destroy the world is reborn as a fool in the 1970s. She meets a soldier who has also been treated unfairly, yet remains warm and sunny. 150Reads9.1Score—14d adds
40. 290 救 Help! What Should I Do About the Baby I Conceived with a Returned Educated Youth? 救命！怀了回城知青的崽怎么办？ Thousand-Layer Crushed Ice千层碎碎冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + no golden finger] Xia Meng transmigrated. She landed in the poverty-stricken 1970s, in the body of a village girl who was pregnant out of wedlock and desperate enough to want to die. In the original novel, an educated youth abandoned her. She raised their child alone, playing both father and mother, and wore herself out by the age of forty. When the child grew up, his biological father appeared to claim him. By then, he had become a leading sci 5.8kReads8.9Score32014d adds

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    🍒✨The female lead, a sophisticated and self-reliant woman who transmigrates into a book, isn't a saint. She's five months pregnant at the start, but she's unwilling to raise a child as tirelessly as the original owner, only to exhaust herself to death. She decisively finds the male lead and makes him take responsibility. She's incredibly clear-headed and not love-struck, haha, it's really good! [Learned something new]

41. 291 捐 I Donated Billions in Assets, Then Transmigrated to the Famine Era! 捐了亿万资产后，穿饥荒年代！ Smiling Beauty笑美人Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1960s + blended family + both leads’ first relationship + raising kids + copy space + outspoken heroine + everyday life] [The short drama is now streaming. Search for “A Heart Like Fine Brocade.”] In her previous life, Qiao Yu had cancer and never married. She made a fortune using her special space to buy cosmetics overseas for clients. After dying young, she finds herself in the difficult 1960s. The bad news: her late husband left behind two children, and her current husband has adopted th 6.1kReads9.0Score47314d adds

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    The female lead is not at a disadvantage; she has a long mouth, a space, and the ability to copy; both characters are virgins; it's a story about raising and spoiling children, and the children are very lovable.

42. 292 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: A Supermodel Goes to the Countryside as a Zhiqing 穿越七零：超模要去当知青 Torrential Rain on a Cloudy Day阴天暴雨Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted Synopsis. [Transmigration, space, adorable children, period setting] Bai Yanxi, an international supermodel of the 21st century. Just as she is about to leave the international stage, she unexpectedly discovers that her family's ancestral jade pendant contains a pocket dimension. As a longtime novel lover, she knows right away that there's more to this than meets the eye. And so Bai Yanxi begins her daily stockpiling routine. One day, she transmigrates into the body of a poor girl in the 1970s w 1.8kReads9.0Score15114d adds
43. 293 七 The 1970s: The Awakening and Comeback of the Comparison Group’s Younger Aunt, the Fake Heiress 七零：对照组小姑觉醒逆袭假千金 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted When Liu Xinyi wakes up, she discovers she's become the awful sister-in-law in a period novel: lazy, greedy, sly, and hired to serve as a foil to the real heiress's family. In the book, she's a disposable character who drowns in a cesspit. Her mother, Zhang Cuiyun, was once a factory director's daughter, but an enemy switched her at birth, leaving her to suffer a life of hardship. Her three brothers and sisters-in-law will die horribly while seeking revenge, and her young nieces and nephews will 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds

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    [Heart][Admiration]

44. 294 七 The 1970s: The Curvy Beauty Is Pursued by a Younger Soldier 七零：微胖尤物被年下兵哥缠上了 Pink-to-White Gradient粉白渐变Modern Romance734k WordsCompleted [Military romance set in the 1980s * slightly plump beauty and brilliant researcher VS pure-hearted soldier boyfriend] [Sweet romance #everyone’s favorite #everyday warmth] A beautiful, wealthy professor transmigrates to the late 1970s and becomes an illiterate country bumpkin who’s fat and plain. She expects a hard life of struggle, but unexpectedly marries into a wealthy family. Her own mother, a shrew who favors her, dotes on her. Her highly educated mother-in-law patiently guides her. An 576Reads9.0Score10614d adds

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    She could clearly feel that at this moment, her nose was being pinched and her mouth was being sealed, and someone was forcibly breathing into her. Was this saving her? The absurd thing was that she regained consciousness, meaning she had truly been revived… A person with late-stage breast cancer, lying in a hospital bed, whose life might not even be saved by defibrillation, was actually revived by artificial respiration?? Was that breath of divine air being blown in? This was utterly absurd; who could be more outrageous? Oh well, whatever. It's good to be alive. "Cough…" Unable to breathe properly, she coughed instinctively, actively trying to regain her breath.

45. 295 缺 You Rotten System, Don't Stop Me. I'm Going to Make the Female Lead's Mom Die of Filial Piety 缺德系统别拦我，我要孝死女主妈 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out. It may go up later, or it might go down. Hahaha] Reborn as a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era, I landed in a latrine from the start. The good news: I awakened the [Bad Deeds System]. The bad news: I was in debt for a mountain of Bad Deeds Points. If I didn't pay them back, I'd have to keep being a background character. My biological mother was the heroine? She left after getting into college and went off to the capital to live happily with anoth 913Reads6.0Score—14d adds
46. 296 我 Me, the Pig-Slaying Princess, Go Crazy and Carry My Whole Family to Victory! 我，杀猪郡主，靠发疯带躺全家！ Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance486k WordsCompleted Lin Taotao becomes the foil to the heroine in a novel, starting out in hell mode. The heroine, Zhou Qiandan, is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Lin Taotao only knows how to butcher pigs and cattle. The heroine is adored and pampered by her whole family. As an only child, Lin Taotao is scolded by her parents for being too unruly. The heroine is graceful and gentle, a paragon of the capital. Lin Taotao is infamous for being crazy and gives everyone a headache. In the origina 156Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 297 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 6.5kReads9.4Score56214d adds
48. 298 恶 The Villainess Became the Contrast Character, and Her Whole Family Is Absolutely Terrifying 恶女穿成对照组，极品全家杀翻天 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted Lin Huanyue transmigrates into an old-fashioned farming novel as the female side character who serves as a foil. Her family is notorious throughout the village: A stingy father who married into the family, a fake-sweet, scheming mother, an eldest brother who steals chickens and dogs, a second sister with expert tea-drinking skills, and another brother who excels at pretending to be ill. As for her, she is a spoiled, infamous little villain, doted on by her whole family. In the original story, th 272Reads5.9Score—14d adds
49. 299 七 The 1970s Supporting Female Character Rises to the Top with On-Screen Comments 七零女配靠弹幕走上人生巅峰 Liu Xiao Xian刘小纤Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Shen Xingluo had lived in Hongxing Brigade for eighteen years. One day, while gathering firewood in the hills, she came across an injured man. She was still deciding whether to save him when she saw a line after line of insults about her floating above his head. Furious, she turned and walked away without hesitation. These people were ugly and had delusions of grandeur. If they were so outraged, why didn’t they risk their whole families to save this shameless piece of trash? [Wait, why did the 6.5kReads8.9Score51214d adds
50. 300 暴 Get Rich! The Seventies’ Feisty Aunt Takes Down a Scumbag from the Start 暴富！七零作精小姑开局刀了渣男 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted Song Xiaoxiao transmigrates into the 1970s as the beloved little aunt of a doted-on family. Her family treats her like a treasure, but she’s hopelessly lovestruck and gets swindled out of food and money by a scumbag educated youth. On the day she transmigrates, she figures out the plot. Under cover of darkness, she cripples the scumbag and empties his ill-gotten stash of cash. She thinks she can lie flat and live like a lazy fish, but then the [Universal Favorability Mall] suddenly opens Fiddleh 205Reads—Score—14d adds

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